Progressive California city of Lancaster wants to ban neck ties now or something. Why? Because it cuts off blood flow to the brain or something. Surely, I would figure that neck ties would be more racist than a health hazard. Lancaster is east of the Los Angeles.
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A California mayor wants to ban neckties in his city after he read about a recent study in Germany that found the wardrobe staple found in many men’s closets may be reducing blood flow to their brains.
Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris asked the city attorney at a city council meeting Tuesday to look into the possibility of instituting a ban on workplace dress codes that require men to wear ties, the Los Angeles Times reported. The mayor said he read about the report on the blog Big Think.
“I don’t think it’s appropriate in America today to make anyone do something that is now known to be detrimental to your health,” Parris told the newspaper. “Especially, if it’s based on gender.”
But such a policy would also involve issuing infractions, so Parris also asked the city’s Criminal Justice Commission to look into whether such a rule would make sense.
Parris, who said he has dropped loads of money on neckties over the course of his career, isn’t sure about how many of the city’s employers require ties, but the city’s department heads usually wear them.